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   Message 717 of 2,468   
   Eric Johnson to Mike Helm   
   Re: Why Pot? Why Not?   
   15 Jan 04 20:06:08   
   
   XPost: talk.politics.drugs   
   From: erj66@xs4all.nl   
      
   On 15-01-2004 19:43, in article dnnd00lf3otu86kn47ueu3mo2sr3n823c9@4ax.com,   
   "Mike Helm"  wrote:   
      
   > On Thu, 15 Jan 2004 15:57:17 +0100, Eric Johnson    
   >   
   >> On 15-01-2004 06:02, in article jl7c00106j2u4npuj9kpkbs6r7c2b5m349@4ax.com,   
   >> "Mike Helm"  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On Wed, 14 Jan 2004 09:13:02 +0100, Eric Johnson    
   >>>   
   >>>> On 14-01-2004 00:08, in article   
   >>>> TT_Mb.8340$zj7.467@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net, "JAD"   
   >>>>  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> OHHH MANNNNN talking about stroking ones 'ego'....you have enough cash to   
   >>>>> buy   
   >>>>> weed, don't whine about taking care of family   
   >>>>> members....   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Why not? Tax paying at the level we pay takes a lot of stuff from their   
   >>>> mouths. Besides, weed is here in Holland 1/4 the price it is in America,   
   >>>> and   
   >>>> I get mine from a pharmacy against a further reduced price which is then   
   >>>> re-paid me by the insurance company.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> So don't pull this you can buy wee so you can buy anything shit.   
   >>>> It just ain't true.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> bet you make them lick your boots for all of your ''''so called   
   >>>>> support   
   >>>>   
   >>>> No, they make me lick theirs, you prick. We are talking about an elderly   
   >>>> woman, a child, and her mother. Why don't you come take care of them?   
   Their   
   >>>> house payments together are 1280 per month. Please remit immediately.   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> This from a family in the top 1%?   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> EJ   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> You are claiming that we can afford it and that the top 1% justifies an   
   >> accelerated level of theft.   
   >>   
   >> Yes, I would like to have them in the 600k house next door to my family   
   >> estate. But I could only afford a duplex of 260,000 3 miles away. Which is   
   >> about 30% more than 1 years income before taxes.   
   >>   
   >> Still waiting for you to pick up the payment. Then I can remit the 1280 to   
   >> the treasury. Fair deal?   
   >>   
   >   
   >   
   > $260,000?   Do you have any idea how wealthy *some* people are?   
   >   
   >   
   >> EJ   
   >   
      
      
   This is a tiny fraction of 1%. There are only a couple of hundred thousand   
   -really stinking rich people.   
      
   The "other," rich that comprise the top 1% are people who make 220,000 a   
   year and have 7 people to take care of.   
      
      
   EJ   
      
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